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Merchant Shipping: Finance

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 50834, tabled on 8 May 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the UK Hydrographic Office's annual budget was spent on chartering commercial ships in each of the last 10 years.

Answered on

13 May 2025

Year

Cost (£)

Proportion of UK Hydographic Office budget spent on chartering commercial ships (%)

2015-16

25717

0.04

2016-17

34839

0.05

2017-18

44117

0.08

2018-19

0

0

2019-20

0

0

2021-22

0

0

2022-23

52104

0.07

2023-24

0

0

2024-25

0

0

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